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All this bad beef makes me want to swear off red meat

Posted Feb 21st 2008 11:30AM by Sarah J. Gim
Filed under: Farming, Business, Beef, Midwest Rural, America, Health & Medical

Alright. That's it.

First we hear that the USDA has recalled 143 million pounds of beef, then that the recall extends as far back as two years. Now this news: a fourth herd of cattle in Minnesota has tested positive for bovine tuberculosis. Maybe I'm just overly sensitive to bad beef now. Though it is unlikely that humans can contract tuberculosis from beef because "any animal showing these signs is withheld from the food supply. In addition, adequate cooking destroys the bacteria. Further, the milk pasteurization process at processing plants destroys any potential bacteria," still, it makes me wonder if I should just swear off red meat for a while.

I'm just going to think about that while I finish the last few bites of my steak.

Very pricey coffee at Minnesota coffee shop

Posted Jan 8th 2007 1:34PM by Nicole Weston
Filed under: Coffee, Lush Life, Midwest Cities, Food Oddities, Did you know?, America, Coffee shops

Kopi luwak, also known as civet coffee, is the most expensive coffee in the world. The name "civet coffee" comes from the fact that the coffee berries are eaten by civets, which are mongoose-like critters, in Indonesia and the coffee beans are excreted by then after digestion. The beans are then cleaned and roasted to make the coffee.

A rare brew, this coffee is not available just everywhere, but Coffee & Tea LTD in Linden Hills, Minneapolis stocks it. The shop sells the coffee for $10 per 8-ounce cup, making it one of the most expensive cups of coffee in the country, if not the single most expensive. The owner, Jim Cone, buys green beans from Indonesia and roasts them to order in a vintage 1910 coffee roaster. He compares the coffee to fine wines, noting that it "might be too much to drink everyday" and describes the coffee as "having a rich and caramel-like taste."

Interestingly, Forbes has priced Kopi luwak at $160 per pound, while Coffee & Tea LTD sells it for $420 per pound. Granted, the coffee shop roasts its own beans on site, but it still seems like there would be a cheaper way to get your hands of a pound of the coffee than to pay retail there.

Don't taste the produce unless you want to be arrested

Posted Sep 22nd 2006 7:31PM by Sarah J. Gim
Filed under: Midwest Cities, Fruit, Food Oddities, Trends, Stores & Shopping, America

First blueberries, now this?

Apparently, taste-testing one or two grapes in the produce section before you buy them is fine. More than that, though, and it's considered stealing.

When Tameca Griffin was asked by a female police officer to stop snacking on grapes that she had not yet paid for in a St. Paul, MN Rainbow Foods store, she lashed out, chest-butted the officer, and screamed. According to reports, Griffin also punched the officer in the face, pulled out some hair, and possibly caused a concussion.

Griffin is charged with fourth degree assault.

So maybe it wasn't just because she was eating the grapes, though a police spokesperson doesn't know how many grapes Griffin had actually eaten.

Minnesota's new state fruit

Posted Jul 31st 2006 11:03AM by Nicole Weston
Filed under: Midwest Rural, Midwest Cities, Fruit, Did you know?

Along with some legislation about exotic pets and street racing that takes effect tomorrow, the state of Minnesota has just announced that their official state fruit will be the Honeycrisp apple. The apples are a hybrid of Honeygold and Macoun apples, and they were first developed at the University of Minnesota in the 1960s. Today, the apples are grown in several surrounding states, including Michigan and Wisconsin, as well, but it can only be grown by licensed producers with the permission of the University. The apples are exceptionally crisp, juicy and aromatic, making them popular eating apples.

Other edible icons for the state are milk (the state drink), walleye (the state fish), blueberry muffins (the state muffin) and morel mushrooms (the state mushroom), most of which were selected during the 1980s.

Minnesota may get a state fruit

Posted May 11th 2006 5:08PM by Nick Vagnoni
Filed under: Midwest Rural, Midwest Cities, Fruit, Trends, Newspapers, America

Following in the recent footsteps of Alabama making the peach their state fruit, the Minnesota Senate recently voted to make the Honeycrisp apple the state's official fruit. The Honeycrisp was developed at the University of Minnesota in the sixties in hopes of creating a durable fruit for the state's harsh cold, according to the Duluth News Tribune. Like the Walla Walla onion in Washington, the Honeycrisp's path to being the official-state-fruit-dom was forged by a school project, in this case by a class of fourth-graders. Like Florida, with it's official pie, Minnesota has an official state baked good in the blueberry muffin, according to the Pioneer Press. More info on Honeycrisp apples is available at Honeycrisp.org.

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All this bad beef makes me want to swear off red meat

Very pricey coffee at Minnesota coffee shop

Don't taste the produce unless you want to be arrested

Minnesota's new state fruit

Minnesota may get a state fruit

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